Kouros: Yes or No and why?

Kouros. I'm considering it and (to a lesser degree) Kourum. Opinions?
I like Michael Kors for Men, Antaeus and feminine fragrances like Mitsouko, Jicky, Montales - Cuir D'Arabie, Aoud Leather, Black Aoud etc..
Is Kouros unisex? Does it better suit women or men? Asked on the women's board but didn't get much love for Kouros, although Quorum got a vote.
Thanks.

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Re: Kouros: Yes or No and why?

Yes- Kouros in my opinion is a more masculine scent. Although i long said it would be the worse fragrance i've ever smelled at first, i finally gave it a try and it went to a nice golden honey avnilla cinnamon scent. Its quite pleasant

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Yes! I really quite like it. I don't love it, but it's fun, quirky, and if someone gave me a bottle I'd assuredly wear it.

It smells spicy and floral and a little tangy in a rude way. I definitely get the urinal puck association, but I'm at a loss to explain why a fragrance that smells like a well-used urinal puck is fun and enjoyable, and almost cuddly once the drydown arrives.

To my nose totally unisex, but I have no gender associations with this apart from the aforementioned.

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Too animalic for me, and I like animalic frags, if the blend is well done. I don't feel that Kouros is for someone with my skin chemistry. If your skin chemistry really "eats up" frags, then it might be for you. I've tried diluting it but that still does not work. The nasty animalic notes just sit there for hours, clobbering the others.

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Look, just spray it on your skin and give it a whirl. You will either 'get it' or not with Kouros. I absolutely love it and think its a work genius. There is nothing else like it at all.

You may absolutely hate it. It has this reputation for smelling like 'urinal cakes'. Whoever started this association I wish I could clobber round the head (in a friendly way . It is often better described as a 'clean-dirty' scent. In fact its very difficult to pinpoint what exactly it smells like. That's mainly because it doesn't smell like anything else!

There really is nothing left to say about Kouros. You'll either recoil in horror or will have it in your wardrobe for the rest of your life. Me? I'm in the latter category.

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It is often better described as a 'clean-dirty' scent. In fact its very difficult to pinpoint what exactly it smells like. That's mainly because it doesn't smell like anything else!

There really is nothing left to say about Kouros. You'll either recoil in horror or will have it in your wardrobe for the rest of your life. Me? I'm in the latter category.

Agreed, word for word. You'll either "get" Kouros or you won't, and the only way to decide is testing it (preferably from a sample - it can take time to grow on you). Of course, I bought it blind and happened to love it, but I'm insane. The quintessential "love it or hate it" scent, as well as a fickle one in terms of skin chemistry. Kouros works brilliantly on some guys and rather...not-so-brilliantly on others.

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I'll give it another shot in 6 months when i dare to touch this stuff. When i tried it i found it cloying, obnoxious and simply repulsive. I got a urinal cake vibe but with a twist...of what i'm assuming is the whole "animalic" note

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Look, just spray it on your skin and give it a whirl. You will either 'get it' or not with Kouros. I absolutely love it and think its a work genius. There is nothing else like it at all.

You may absolutely hate it. It has this reputation for smelling like 'urinal cakes'. Whoever started this association I wish I could clobber round the head (in a friendly way . It is often better described as a 'clean-dirty' scent. In fact its very difficult to pinpoint what exactly it smells like. That's mainly because it doesn't smell like anything else!

There really is nothing left to say about Kouros. You'll either recoil in horror or will have it in your wardrobe for the rest of your life. Me? I'm in the latter category.

And I'm in the former. I believe Gomez Addams would go for Salvador Dali PH but Kourus is strictly for Uncle Fester. But this is a well thought out post.

Trying it on! What a concept!
--I concur.

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Well, so far on this thread we've had lovers and haters which is OK by me. However we've also had comments on:

How high or low Kouros is on the Machometer.

Do chicks dig it ? Apparently not, judging by the Female Forum response.
Though I wonder who was the pervert (and I use that word with all respect and love) who dug Quorum over there?

Is it better on women?

Is it best suited for 40+ year old men? ( The poor bastards have one foot on the grave already)

*sigh*

In short all that we love about out Forum.

However, I am deeply disappointed that no one used this opportunity to bash a Creed fragrance!!

Deja Vu!

(That's French for: " For the love of God, type " Kouros " in the search engine and count the number of times this exact question has been asked. Not similar, EXACT.)

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It's not one that is easily broken down into it's lesser parts. It's a complicated, multi-faceted beast of a scent. I don't get the "urinal cake" thing at all, although it's definitely sensory overload when first applied. It dries down nicely, but it's damn near impossible to describe as it's different on everyone.

I love it, but it's confusing. The only way I can describe it is that there's no best time to wear it, only a best mood.

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Leaving aside the skin chemistry point, meaning that if I had to assess Kouros based only upon mine, I'd say that it's a failed attempt at merging the Victorian kind of frag (musky, animalic, etc.) with the 80s "power frag" kind of idea. What results comes across as more of an attempt to cover up a horrible smell with powerful chemical disinfectants (thus the "urinal cakes in a men's room" impression) than anything else. I can understand Bijan for men, for a point of comparison, but not this, at least not for a personal and pleasant olfactory experience. I thought that diluting it might eliminate the harsh, unbalanced, offensive qualities, but it does not, though I've found that doing so makes One Man Show pleasant/wearable. In short, I think the idea was to "throw the kitchen sink" in and "amp it up to the max," thinking that moths are attracted to flames, or something along those lines. How it can be used to impress (or repulse) others is a question I'm not really interested in, but it's clearly a "statement making" frag.

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Originally Posted by lodz

Kouros. I'm considering it and (to a lesser degree) Kourum. Opinions?
I like Michael Kors for Men, Antaeus and feminine fragrances like Mitsouko, Jicky, Montales - Cuir D'Arabie, Aoud Leather, Black Aoud etc..
Is Kouros unisex? Does it better suit women or men? Asked on the women's board but didn't get much love for Kouros, although Quorum got a vote.
Thanks.

lodz.

Yes. Because it's excellent, and women can wear any men's fragrance. The masculines often smell even better on women. Try stuff like Yatagan, Jules, and Lauder for Men as well.

The women's board here doesn't tell you much. They're not really into masculine fragrances from what I can tell over the last four years.

My girlfriend wears loves to smell Kouros on me. I know women who wear it. Check out Katie Puckrik Smells online. She wears it for the incense.